Birth : 9 August 1976, Paddington, London, England, UK
Height : 5' 7"
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Mitra was born in Paddington, London, England, the daughter of Antony, who is a cosmetic surgeon, and Nora Mitra. She has an older and a younger brother. Her father is of Bengali Indian and English descent, and her mother is Irish.In 1984, when Mitra was eight, her parents divorced, and she was sent to boarding school. She spent several years at two different schools, including Roedean, but Mitra claims she was eventually expelled from both of them. Mitra's first main role came as Scott Wolf's illicit love interest on Party of Five. In 2000, Mitra had a small, key role in the film Hollow Man, as the rape victim of Kevin Bacon, an incident that drives his character insane. She had a main role in medical drama Gideon's Crossing, as Dr. Alejandra 'Ollie' Klein. Mitra then had roles in Ali G Indahouse; Sweet Home Alabama; Stuck on You, and leading roles in Highwaymen and Spartacus. Mitra appeared in the final season of The Practice as Tara Wilson, and continued that role into its spin-off Boston Legal, but left not long into the second season. In 2005, Mitra played the role of Kit McGraw during Season 3 of Nip/Tuck. Mitra then went on to appear in Skinwalkers, The Number 23 and Shooter. In 2008, Mitra starred in the lead role of the science fiction/action film Doomsday as Major Eden Sinclair, and in 2009 went on to star in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Sonja, the daughter of the powerful vampire elder Viktor (played by Bill Nighy). Mitra appeared as the live action model for Lara Croft, the lead character in Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. She was ranked #46 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.
Biography written by: Anonymous
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- A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) [Sheherazade] <2>
- Ali G Indahouse (2002) [Kate Hedges] <53>
- Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' (2008) (V) [Herself]
- Beowulf (1999) [Kyra] <2>
- Croupier (1998) [Girl with Joint] <23>
- Doomsday (2008) [Maj. Eden Sinclair] <15>
- Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (V) (uncredited) [Groupie]
- Get Carter (2000) [Geraldine] <4>
- Highwaymen (2004) [Molly Poole] <2>
- Hollow Man (2000) [Sebastian's Neighbor] <9>
- How to Breed Gibbons (1999) [Juliet] <2>
- Lust for Glorious (1997) (TV) [First French Babe] <5>
- Monk Dawson (1998) [Mollie Jolliffe/Prostitute] <24>
- Re-Uniting the Rubins (2010) [Andie Rubin] <4>
- Scream Awards 2009 (2009) (TV) [Herself] <66>
- Separation City (2009) [Katrien] <2>
- Shooter (2007/I) [Alourdes Galindo] <6>
- Skinwalkers (2006) [Rachel Talbot] <3>
- Spartacus (2004) (TV) [Varinia] <4>
- Stolen Lives (2009) [Barbara Adkins] <3>
- Stuck on You (2003) [Bus Stop Bombshell] <106>
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002) [Tabatha Wadmore-Smith] <12>
- The Life of David Gale (2003) [Berlin] <15>
- The Number 23 (2007) [Laura Tollins] <6>
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) [Sonja] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {'Til We Meat Again (#1.14)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {A Greater Good (#1.9)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {An Eye for an Eye (#1.5)} [Tara Wilson] <4>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Catch and Release (#1.3)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Change of Course (#1.4)} (credit only) [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Death Be Not Proud (#1.17)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Finding Nimmo (#2.3)} [Tara Wilson] <10>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {From Whence We Came (#1.12)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Head Cases (#1.1)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Hired Guns (#1.10)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {It Girls and Beyond (#1.13)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Let Sales Ring (#1.16)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Loose Lips (#1.8)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Questionable Characters (#1.7)} [Tara Wilson] <4>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Schadenfreude (#2.2)} [Tara Wilson] <10>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Schmidt Happens (#1.11)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Still Crazy After All These Years (#1.2)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {The Black Widow (#2.1)} [Tara Wilson] <10>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Tortured Souls (#1.15)} [Tara Wilson] <3>
- "Boston Legal" (2004) {Truth Be Told (#1.6)} [Tara Wilson] <4>
- "Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995) {(#1.5)} (as Rona Mitra) [Cass]
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {A Routine Case (#1.3)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Clinical Enigma (#1.10)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Dr. Cherry Must Be Stopped (#1.12)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Father Knows Best (#1.8)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Filaments and Ligatures (#1.18)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Flashpoint (#1.17)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Freak Show (#1.6)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Heart of Glass (#1.20)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Hinkytown (#1.11)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Is There a Wise Man in the House? (#1.9)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Life Sentences (#1.14)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Orphans (#1.13)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {Prodigal Dad (#1.15)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Crash (#1.19)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Gift (#1.1)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Lottery (#1.7)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Mistake (#1.5)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Others (#1.16)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Race (#1.4)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Gideon's Crossing" (2000) {The Way (#1.2)} [Dr. Alejandra Ollie Klein] <2>
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2005-03-25)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2004-04-14)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2004-04-17)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2005-03-18)} [Herself]
- "Making of..." (1992) {Skinwalkers} [Herself] <3>
- "Nip/Tuck" (2003) {Cherry Peck (#3.14)} [Kit McGraw] <9>
- "Nip/Tuck" (2003) {Derek, Alex, and Gary (#3.3)} [Kit McGraw] <11>
- "Nip/Tuck" (2003) {Granville Trapp (#3.5)} [Kit McGraw] <13>
- "Nip/Tuck" (2003) {Momma Boone (#3.1)} [Kit McGraw] <15>
- "Nip/Tuck" (2003) {Quentin Costa (#3.15)} [Kit McGraw] <10>
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Blast from the Past (#6.16)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Dog Day After New Year (#6.10)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Falling Forward (#6.22)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Fate, Hope and Charity (#6.8)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Fear and Loathing (#6.11)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Getting There (#6.17)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Great Expectations (#6.20)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Isn't It Romantic (#6.19)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {One for the Road (#6.14)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Taboo or Not Taboo (#6.21)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Ties That Bind (#6.9)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Too Cool for School (#6.18)} [Holly Marie Beggins]
- "Secret Agent Man" (2000) {Supernaked (#1.5)} [Lacey Sullivan]
- "SGU Stargate Universe" (2009) {Incursion: Part 1 (#1.19)} [Commander Kiva] <9>
- "SGU Stargate Universe" (2009) {Incursion: Part 2 (#1.20)} [Commander Kiva] <9>
- "SGU Stargate Universe" (2009) {Subversion (#1.18)} [Commander Kiva] <9>
- "The Big Breakfast" (1992) {(1997-08-10)} [Herself]
- "The Bill" (1984) {Outer (#12.6)} [Sarah Wickes]
- "The Gates" (2010) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Claire Radcliff] <3>
- "The Gates" (2010) {What Lies Beneath (#1.2)} [Claire Radcliff] <3>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#2.28)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2004-09-30)} [Herself]
- "The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous" (1997) [Flora Seymour]
- "The Pepsi Chart Show" (1998) {(#1.1)} [Herself - Presenter] <1>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Adjourned (a.k.a. Cheers) (#8.22)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Avenging Angels (#8.12)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Blessed Are They (#8.4)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Cause of Action (#8.3)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Comings and Goings (#8.20)} (credit only) [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Concealing Evidence (#8.8)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Equal Justice (#8.10)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Going Home (#8.13)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {In Good Conscience (#8.16)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Mr. Shore Goes to Town (#8.15)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {New Hoods on the Block (#8.21)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Police State (#8.11)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Pre-Trial Blues (#8.14)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Rape Shield (#8.7)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {The Case Against Alan Shore (#8.18)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {The Chosen (#8.2)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {The Firm (#8.19)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {The Heat of Passion (#8.5)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {The Lonely People (#8.6)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {Victims' Rights (#8.9)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {War of the Roses (#8.17)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Practice" (1997) {We the People (#8.1)} [Tara Wilson] <5>
- "The Sharon Osbourne Show" (2003) {(2003-12-19)} [Herself]
- "The Sharon Osbourne Show" (2003) {(2004-01-05)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2010-06-15)} [Herself]
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2008-11-20)} [Herself] <3>
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- "Sky" (UK), September 1998, pg. 86-91, by: Tim Fennell
- "Ministry" (UK), June 1998
- "FHM" (UK), November 1997, Iss. 94, pg. 190-199, by: Ed Halliwell, "The Real Thing"
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- "Playboy" (USA), February 2009, Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pg. 16, by: staff, "Teaes Frame: Rhona Mitra"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), August 2003, Vol. 26, Iss. 119, pg. 41, by: staff, "Skinematic Youth: Hollow Man"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 13, by: Steve Shaw, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #46"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 3, pg. 42-45, by: staff, "25 Sexiest Women of 1999 - #14"
- "Sky" (UK), September 1998, pg. 86-91, by: Steve Shaw
- "Ministry" (UK), June 1998
- "FHM" (UK), November 1997, Iss. 94, pg. 190-199, by: Willy Camden, "The Real Thing"
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- "Ministry" (UK), June 1998
- "FHM" (UK), November 1997, Iss. 94
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- Performs as videogame character Lara Croft at trade shows.
- Wasn't the voice of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider 2. ('Judith Gibbins' (qv) was). She was the 'human Lara' during the game's promotion.
- 1990s: Recorded a music CD that was cross-promoted with her Lara Croft characterization.
- Appeared as "French Girl" in Eddie Izzard's "Lust for Glorious".
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- Sultry voice
- Her long, dark hair
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- I can't sit still. That's why I'm very difficult in a relationship. Men get jealous of me traveling - they don't understand that just because I disappear on my own doesn't mean I'm going to shag someone else.
- It's an unusual job. It's like you put on another skin and take it off, and you get back into your own skin, and there is that person. - on acting as a profession
- Someone can present you with a choreographed routine, whether it's with swords or with fists, and you can replicate that, but it comes down to attitude. And that can't be taught. - H Magazine
- On being an actor: It's cathartic and always an inspiration. It gives you an opportunity to explore different sides of yourself, or human nature, psychology, history, the future, the past and the present. It's like going to school every single day. You are always interacting with people. You always have your senses wide open.
- Her role model: Susan Sarandon. She is definitely someone that I am always enchanted to see. She has so enjoyed who she is and has gone for it; she has such an amazing career. I think that she is strong and confident and political and sexual and sensual; all of these things. - Jezebel Magazine.
- You have to be content with who you are on a day-to-day basis.
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- Once presented the Pepsi Chart Show (British Channel 5 show) with Dr. Fox.
- Raised as a Catholic.
- Went to Roedean, an all-girls' school in Brighton, East Sussex, but was expelled from it, then from another boarding school. According to Rhona, "I was kicked out for taking a sixth-former's car and driving it down to the local boys' school. I was only 14. I left stuffing under my bedsheets but one of my friends told on me and the headmistress tracked me down. They put me in this room with bars on the windows to punish me. I was stuck in there for a whole week with just a rosary for comfort, having my dinner brought in on trays. The only time I got out was to say confession to the school priest. After that, they booted me out. Then at the next school the other girls used to blame me whenever they got caught for something, so all the parents wrote in and said they didn't want me at the school. I crammed my exams in London and did fine."
- Parents were Antony Mitra (Bengali Indian) and Nora (Irish). They divorced in 1984.
- First actress to serve as an original model for Eidos Interactive's Lara Croft (Tomb Raider).
- Her acting role model is Susan Sarandon.
- Mitra was ranked #46 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.
- Decided she wanted to be an actor at 9 years old when she met Judi Dench, mother to one of her classmates. "She came to pick her up from school and I remember meeting her and I thought she was such an extraordinary woman. She had this resonance about her. I said, 'What does your mummy do?' and I logged it away." - H Magazine.
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